Bucket List

When my mom was diagnosed with high-grade bladder cancer in 2007, it was right around the time the movie The Bucket List hit theaters, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The film really hit home with my family, and ever since we have all made bucket lists of things we want to accomplish or experience in our lives. We always make a list of at least three things we want to try and cross off the list in the next year and announce them at Thanksgiving. In case my family wants a sneak peek, here’s my running list!

1. Run a half-marathon in every state and Washington, D.C. before I’m 30.
2. Learn how to surf
3. Go on a cruise
4. Backpack through Europe
5. Zipline
6. Go parasailing
7. Zipline into the ocean
8. Paraglide
9. Jump off a waterfall
10. Go in the airport and buy a random ticket
11. Try out for the Amazing Race (or a show just like it) with my brother, Justin
12. Go to a New England Patriots game
13. Go to a Red Sox vs. Yankees game (GO SOX!)
14. Explore a tropical rainforest
15. Swim with dolphins (I haven’t swam with them yet, but I’ve seen a bunch of wild dolphins now!)
16. Make a wish at the Trevi fountain
17. Throw a dart at a map and travel to wherever it lands
18. Be given a puppy as a present
19. Marry my best friend
20. Have a family
21. Climb the Great Wall of China
22. Hike in Yosemite Park
23. Be a soccer coach
24. Run a marathon
25. Volunteer at the Hope Lodge
26. Go to CountryFest in Nashville
27. See The Rockettes Christmas Spectacular
28. Run a half-marathon in under 2 hours
29. Run a race in another country
30. Go on a biking race with Justin
31. Pay off my student loans
32. Kiss next to the Eiffel Tower
33. Experience Christmas in New York City
34. Work with Girls on the Run
35. Join a book club
36. Learn to wakeboard
37. Go stand up paddleboarding
38. Go windsurfing
39. Sail a boat
40. Go hiking with Justin
41. Live in New York City
42. Run a half-marathon in sub-1:45
43. Snorkel in Key West
44. Scuba dive in the Barrier Reef
45. Go white water rafting
46. Ride in a hot air balloon
47. Skydive
48. Ride a mechanical bull
49. Go rock climbing (not indoors)
50. Go vegetarian for a month
51. See the 7 Wonders of the World
52. Visit Pearl Harbor
53. Visit Auschwitz
54. See The Colosseum in Rome

To be continued…